Shoe.



A. F. 8.. LYONS.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

WITNESSES.

ATTORNEYS U TE ALPHEUS F. S. LYONS, 0F NEENAH, WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. e, 1914).

Application filed June 1, 1910. Serial No. 564,359.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, ALPHEUS F. S. Lyons, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Neenah, in the county of VVinneba-go and .State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Shoe, of which the following A further object of this invention is to provide a furcated back stay, the tongues of which will engage the opposite sides of the vamp or foxing and thereby form a positive look at the junction of the quarterswith the vamp or foxing, along the back seam.

These and further objects, together with the construction and combination of parts, will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to'the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a rear view showing one form of back stay in position on the shoe; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the stay before being. firmly attached, so as to show the exact connection; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5. is a rear view of a shoe, showing another form of back stay in position on the shoe; and Figs. 4, 6, 7 and 8' are detached views of various forms of back stay.

Referring more particularly-to the separate parts of the device, 1 indicates a shoe, which comprises a sole 2, a heel 3, a vamp or foxing 4, atop, comprising quarters 5, and a back stay 6. The portions of the vamp or foxing 4 are joined together, as is usual in many types of shoe, by a seam of' stitching, indicated at 7. The quarters 5 are joined together alon the back by stitching, forming a seam, in icated at 16, which, as usual, extends in alinement with the seam 7. The back stay in this case is of peculiar and novel form, for the purpose of forming a strong joint between the parts of the vamp or foxing, and the quarters, so as to pr ventthe subsequent ripping of the seam which is indicated at 8. For this purpose, the stay is I provided with a plurality of slits 9 and 10, preferably two in number, so as to furca'te the lower portion of the back stay and form apluralitv of tongues 11, 12 and 13. As shown in Fig. 7, these tongues may all be of substantially equal length and of sufiicient length to be extended from the seam 8 down to the heel 3, where they are lasted under. It will be noted that the outer tongues 11 and 13 pass within the vamp or foxing, and the central or middle tongue 12 passes outside the vamp or foxing and over the seam 7. This forms a positive lock at the junction of the vamp or foxing with the quarters, and prevents the ripping of the seams 7, 8 and 16.

If desired, the outer tongues 11 and 13 may be made shorter than-the middle tongue 12, as illustratedin Fig. 4. In this case, only the middle tongue 12 will be lasted under, and the other tongues will be secured by the stitching in the seam 8. Further, if desired, the middle tongue may be shorter, and the two other tongues sutiiciently long to be lasted under. In this case, the middle tongue does not extend the full depth of the seam 7, but is secured by stitching, as indicated in Fig. 5. If desired, however, both the middle tongue 12 and the outer tonguesll and 13 may be made too short to be lasted under. In this case, they are also secured by stitching, with the outer tongues within the vamp or foxing and the middle tongue outside the vamp or foxing. The tongue may be of the. same 'width and perfectly straight, or, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 4 and 7, the central or middle tongue may widen toward its lower end in a curvilinear manner, so as to form a wider base.

While various modifications have been shown embodying a back stay, they all involve the same idea of having tongues located within the vamp or foxing and tongues located without the vamp or foxing, preferably so that the middle tongue will extend to a greater or less extent over the seam 7, so that the junction of the various parts thereof will be securely locked and prevented from ripping apart.

While I have shown several embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the specific details thereof, but desire to be protected in various changes, modifications and alterations which I ma make within the scope of the appended c aims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a vamp or foxing, of a top) connected to said vamp or foxsaid vamp or foxin and another of which.

extends without sai vamp or foxing.

2. The combination with a vamp or foxing, of a top connected to said vamp or foxmg, and a back stay connected to said top, said back stay being divided to form tongues, one of said tongues passing between said top and said vamp or foxing at the unction of said top with said vamp or foxlng, and another of said tongues extending outside of said vamp or foxing at the junctlon of said vamp or foxing with said top.

3. The combination with a vampor foxing, having portions thereof connected at a seam joint, of quarters secured together along a seam joint, extending in alinement with said first-mentioned seam joint, and a back sta-y covering said second-mentioned seam joint, said back stay having a plurality of tongues formed on one end thereof and extending on either side of said vamp or fo x1 ng, adjacent said first-mentioned seam oint.

4. The combination with a vamp or foxing, of a top secured to said .vamp or fo'xin ,and a trifurcated back stay securedto said. top and-having tongues, one of which extends outside of said vam or foxin and the others of which exten inside 0 said vamp or foxing, said tongues being joined together at the junction of said vamp or foxing with said top.

5. The combination with a vam or foxing having portions thereof joine together at a seam 'oint, of a top connected to said vamp or oxing, and comprising quarters joined together at a seam joint extending in alinement with said first-mentioned seam joint, said top being joined to said vamp or foxing along a seam joint, and a back stay secured to said top, said back stay having a plurality of slits therein whereby three ton es are formed, oneof said tongues exten ing over said first-mentioned seam, and the others of said tongues extending within said vamp or foxing, whereby the junction of said seams is securely locked.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification'in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALPHEUS F. S. LYONS. 

